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What is happening now? What may come next? Staying in the know about our changing world and how we all get around it strengthens our ability to think comprehensively and collaborate effectively. From technical insights to firm and cultural news, sharing our innovations, evolutions, and advances as we experience and embrace them keeps us connected. We invite you to explore the very latest along with us.
CONNECTING VIRTUALLY AT TRB 2021
January 5-29, 2021
The Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting looks a little different this year. We’ll miss the opportunity to meet in person, but if you’re headed there virtually, click here to check out the different ways we can
connect – let us know how we can be your eyes and ears!

With a distinguished career spanning 43 years in the transportation industry, Billy Hattaway makes a difference in communities. He is well known for successfully championing changes to roadway design standards to incorporate complete streets concepts, making community infrastructure safe for all users. Now he’s excited to bring his leadership, knowledge, and insight to Fehr & Peers.

We’ve been talking with clients and teaming partners over the last couple of months about how COVID-19 is impacting travel and engagement in their communities. Explore how we have shifted and accelerated our R&D in response to the most pressing needs.

Check out the study to better understand how demand-responsive transportation services (ride-hailing, flexible transit) currently fit into the Cincinnati transportation system and their potential role to complement fixed-route transit services.

Fehr & Peers is pleased to announce a CEO transition. Chris Mitchell assumes the role this month, with 20 years of firm leadership. He succeeds Matt Henry, who served 15+ years as CEO. We're grateful for our success under Matt’s leadership, and are excited for the next phase.

Explore how we help community leaders understand the interim safety analysis guidance for California and develop their own custom structure and design.

With a passion for bringing transportation concepts into reality, we partner with our clients on many projects from initial plans and prioritization through to construction. Learn how we worked to integrate complete streets solutions in Honolulu, Hawaii from concept all the way through implementation.

Several aspects of travel have changed considerably amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and we're noticing some startling trends. In response, we've developed a new TrendLab+ 2020 version of our tool. Explore the tool, the process, and our beta test of four scenarios in this special preview.

Systemic and structural racism, violence, and our collective history of discrimination in both this nation and the planning profession have no place in our vision for community flourishing and transportation industry transformation. We remain resolved to work for transformation, together.

CEQA's July 1 deadline is swiftly approaching, making it increasingly important to be able to understand and navigate all types of VMT calculations. Our new quick-reference VMT lexicon makes that easier. Explore it now here.

We're partnering with the Whatcom Transportation Authority in Bellingham, Washington to plan the long-term future and develop a strategy for restarting transit service, welcoming back riders, and ensuring riders can safely get where they would like to go. See what's in the works.

Which active modes and complete street design changes are essential for addressing safety and strategy during this time? See what we're hearing from clients and partners and how we're accelerating and shifting our R&D efforts in response.

We've completed an independent, third-party validation review of StreetLight Data’s intersection turning movement volume estimates. See what we found!

Which changes in your community's freight and curb space activities deserve the most research attention? See what we're hearing from clients and partners and how we're accelerating and shifting our R&D efforts in response.

We are partnering with clients to update and customize rapid-response tools to enable data-driven insights that will help them respond most effectively to their local questions in this quickly changing world.

Which changes in your community's travel patterns deserve the most research attention? See what we're hearing from clients and partners and how we're accelerating and shifting our R&D efforts in response.